Bateman Case Study Competition

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2011 Bateman Case Study Competition


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For the 2011 Bateman Case Study Competition, students will be challenged to build brand awareness and expand outreach for Ally Financial’s financial literacy program, an initiative that began in 2002 and aims to improve financial education among U.S. consumers.

Students will become familiar with the increasingly relevant practice of corporate social responsibility as they leverage and showcase Ally Financial’s efforts to improve personal finance education around the country. Teams must find a way to reach low- to moderate-income individuals, households and communities with the message that basic financial education is important, and the financial literacy program offers easy access to such resources.

In addition to researching and planning a comprehensive public relations campaign, students will actively implement their programs through coordinating and facilitating financial literacy sessions with the target audiences in their communities.

Review the Project Brief, Timeline and Rules and Guidelines for complete details on the campaign, and send in your intent-to-enter form to PRSSA Headquarters by Oct. 29. If you have questions, contact Leah Elison at leah.elison@prsa.org.

Looking for a jumpstart? Review the winning campaigns from previous years via the links below.


About the Competition

 
J. Carroll Bateman, APR 

A National Case Study competition was established by PRSA in 1973 to allow members of the Public Relations Society of America an opportunity to exercise the analytical skills and mature judgment required for public relations problem-solving.

The name of the competition was changed in 1983 to honor the late J. Carroll Bateman, APR. Mr. Bateman was a past president of both the Public Relations Society of America (1967) and the International Public Relations Association (1980). After a distinguished career as president of the Insurance Information Institute, he became professor of public relations at the University of Tennessee and faculty adviser of its PRSSA Chapter. A charter Friend of PRSSA, Mr. Bateman was instrumental in founding PRSSA during his PRSA presidency.

Past case studies have dealt with nuclear energy, the American Heart Association, a nonprofit community-centered family counseling service provider, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, SOLOBIZ.COM, Visa U.S.A., Contiki Holidays, Ferrero U.S.A., Inc., with Nutella as the client, and most recently Ford Motor Credit Company.


 

Previous Competitions

Winners-2010

Winners-2009

Winners-2008

Winners-2007

Winners-2006

Winners-2005

Winners-2004

Winners-2003

Winners-2002

Winners-2001

Winners-2000

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